Abbas Rahim

Abbas Rahim (25 January 1979 – 10 August 2012) was an Iraqi football Midfielder who played for Iraq in the 2000 Asian Cup and Al-Shorta and Al-Zawraa.

Abbas Rahim
Personal information
Full name Abbas Rahim Zaywer
Date of birth (1979-01-25)25 January 1979
Place of birth Baghdad, Iraq
Date of death 10 August 2012(2012-08-10) (aged 33)
Place of death Baghdad, Iraq
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1999 Al-Shorta
1999–2001 Al-Zawraa
2001–2006 Al-Shorta
2006 Al-Jaish
National team
1999–2003 Iraq 35 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Abbas Rahim was born on January 25, 1979 in Baghdad and started his playing career in the junior teams of Al-Nafat and Salikh. At the age of 13, he joined the Talaba youth where he spent two years before joining Al-Karkh - making his first team debut in 1995. A year later he transferred to Al-Shurta winning the league title in 1997-98. After a brief spell at Al-Karkh, he joined ‘the White Seagulls’ Al-Zawraa, winning the double in 2000 and scoring a remarkable seven goals in his first three league games for the club. Abbas joined Al-Shurta for the second time in 2001.

He was a prolific goal scorer at youth level and Under-19 level where he helped Iraq qualify for the AFC Asian Youth Championship in 1998. He had starred for the Iraqi Olympic side and was capable of turning a game on his own. A versatile left-sided player who could play at left-back, on the left wing, just behind the front two or as an out and out striker.

Abbas made his debut during the 1999 Pan-Arab games in Amman against Libya, scoring his first international goal in a 4-0 win against Lebanon. He played a part in the final against the hosts hitting the cross bar in extra time and was also one of three who hit the post in the penalty shoot-out.[1]

International goals
Scores and results list Iraq's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 August 1999Al-Hassan Stadium, Irbid Lebanon3–04–01999 Pan Arab Games
2.3 November 1999National Stadium, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates1–02–2Friendly
3.22 October 2003National Stadium, Manama Myanmar2–13–12004 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Death

On 10 August 2012, Rahim died in a car crash on the road from Baghdad to Najaf. He was 35 years old.[2]

References
  1. Hassanin Mubarak. "Player Database". iraqsport.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2001. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  2. , IraqSport; accessed 25 March 2015.
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